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Patented May 9, 1882.

INVENTOR gz/wf/ BY M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLlAliI B. HAYDEN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,699, dated May 9, 1882.

Application filed April 3, 1882.

To all whom it may concern r Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at ()0- lumbns, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of harnesshames in which each side or leg of the hames is provided with ametal top or tip and the metal loop of the upper hams-strap engaged with a a rack or series of studs upon the concave side of the ha'me-tip and then looked in position by passing the hame-strap between the loop and the convex side of the metal top.

I amraware that a metal heme-top has been formed with a longitudinal opening crossed at regular intervals by a series of bars, around which the upper hamestrap' is looped; but my improvement relates solely to that class of heme-tops in which a metal clasp or loop is adjusted upon and engaged with the hame-top and then held in itsengagement with the hemetop' by passing the leather strap between the latter and the metal loop.

I am also aware thata hame has been form ed with two lines of rcticulations in one of its sides, and also that a halne has been provided with a groove having a line of recesses in one side, into which a projection on the loop is recessed. Both these hames lack the feature of a slotted hame,having raised portions located along the walls of the slot, and provided with sockets, and the loop having two studs,which are received in the sockets, as hereinafter more fully described.

To attain the objects of myinvention I form the metal hame-topwith a longitudinal slot or channel, having along its opposite side walls a series of raised portions provided with seats or sockets opening at the concave side of the hame-top, and I provide the metal loop with a pair of studsprqjecting inwardly from one of its cross-bars,these studs beingfitted in the sockets after adjusting the loop to the proper height upon the metal top, and the hame-strap may then be passed between the opposite cross-bar of the metal loop and the convex side of the hame-top, thereby preventing the studs from accidental removal from the sockets (Model) The extension metal top A is of cast metal,

and formed at its lower end with legs or straps a a, between which the upper end of the harneleg B is secured by bolts, as shown. One of these bolts may be the usual eycbolt for carrying the rein-guardU.

I prefer to curve the hame-top outwardly from its lower to its upper end, as this form adds greatly to the appearance of the hames, the outer and inner sides of the top presenting respectively concave and convex surfaces a and a The top is provided with a longitudinal channel or slot, D, being formed in the hametop. Along the walls of this slot are a series of raised portions, a", extending from the "flanges a, that run along the convex side thereot. Each raised portion a is provided with a U-shaped socket or depression, (1, the open sides of which face said concave outer edge of the home-top, and are adapted to receive short lugs or studs 0, projecting inwardly from one of the end bars ot'the metal-strap loop E. This metal loop E and its in wardly-projecting studs care made of such relative length that the studs'can only be disen gagedfrom the U-shaped depressions d when the opposite end of the link is moved close up to the convex side of the tip. It is therefore obvious that said tongues or studs 6 cannot be disengaged from the depressions for the purpose of adjustment while the upper hams-strap is in the link and 

